Seven

Mary Osborn (who hosts the wonderful Forest Walks blog, about her life in the New Forest) tagged me with a meme, in which you list seven things about yourself that no one knows, and then you tag seven people.

I'm not sure if I've played this one before, but I am a woman of neverending mystery, so here are seven things you may not have gleaned about me:

1. I am not afraid of spiders. Not in the least.

2. I used to be terrified of dogs. A few years ago I was bitten by a Chesapeake Bay retriever, and a week later a chained dog came after me and would have torn a chunk out of my tender flesh, but I ended up in a prickly hedge beyond the reach of his chain instead. (Both dogs were two-year-old intact males.) After this, I would hear a dog bark and freeze, looking for an escape from even the most harmless mutts. I finally got over it when I got my current dog, one reason I deliberately set out to get the least aggressive breed I could find.

3. I had a lot of fears growing up, that all seemed to start when the house next door burned down. Now they call that post-traumatic stress disorder, but back then they didn’t use words like that.

4. I am not really a health food nut. Right now, for instance, I am eating chips (crisps).

5. I am a perfectionist, and when people tell me I’m doing a good job at something I am sure they are lying, because I know darn well I could be doing better. But I’ve learned to smile and say thank you anyway.

6. I love antique furniture, especially old honey-coloured pine. I also like floral prints and white linens. My house is very chintzy. I am Ikea’s worst nightmare.

7. I majored in business in college, with a pre-law option. I hated the business part of it. I almost went to law school, but the day I got my acceptance letter (and notification of a full tuition scholarship) was the same day I found out I was pregnant with Daughter Number Two. My life has been a trial ever since. (Just kidding! I really love you, DNT!) (She’s very sensitive, you see, which is why my life really has been a trial for the last 18 years.)

Now I have to tag seven people. The way this works is, if you read this and your name is Kathy, you have to play, until we get seven Kathys who have participated in this meme. Cathys, Katherines, Kathleens, and even Katies have to play, since their parents were simply foresighted enough to see that every other girl born in the sixties would be nicknamed Kathy.

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Comments

[Imperatrix]

Well, Kathy, you are doing a good job at this blogging thing.

I can't see you, so you won't have to smile.

[Mary Osborn]

Thanks for taking part , I will tell any of those sinister spiders to make their way to your house!I can just about bear it when they stay still , but there is something so sinister in the way they scuttle across walls and floors!

[KathyF]

Okay, and I will send Chesapeake Bay retrievers your way!

[Serge]

I went thru something like that a couple of months ago, but they only asked for FIVE things. It's somewhere in my blog.

[Hannah]

Mother Number One I knew allllllll of that! Re-do!